A SpaceX rocket just did something not even its engineers thought was possibleEmma FierbergAli Sundermier
largest(large)and most powerful rocket that has ever been built.No one was on board. "I'm not sure whether it(2) will get(get) into orbit (轨道),"Space X founder(创建者)and CEO Elon Musk said in March of the planned launch, "But I am sure(3) ...
The U.S. space agency teamed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in May to launch its first manned rocket from American soil in nearly a decade. And adorning that rocket was NASA’s iconic “worm” logo, a throwback look that NASA announced a month earlier it was bringing out of retirement, causi...
In August 2019, some time after his hat-eating promise, Beck announced that Rocket Lab was looking toward reusing its Electron rocket instead of using each booster just the once. But instead of landing it upright in the style of SpaceX, Beck said his team was looking to use a helicopter ...
Most rocket-building companies would require a large investment and modern technologies that do not exist at this time when current rockets are designed for one-time use only. Not all countries can afford to make such an investment in the space sector until there is a significant financial ...
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Late Sunday night, SpaceX appeared to successfully launch a classified satellite named Zuma for some unknown government agency — but it's possible the mysterious spacecraft may have been lost once in space. Rumors started circulating on Monday that the satellite malfunctioned when it reached orbit...
Dave Mosher
SpaceX rival Rocket Lab preps landmark rocket launch Rocket Lab aces its first launch from U.S. soil Rocket Lab will use a helicopter to catch a falling rocket booster The reason he ate his hat, you may not be surprised to learn, is linked to the age-old idiom where you promise to ...